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salpicar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dapple noun A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
  • dash verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  • drizzle noun Very light rain made up of fine, closely spaced droplets.
  • spatter verb To splash small drops of a liquid onto someone or something.
  • splash noun The sound or spray made when something hits liquid.
  • splatter noun A messy, scattered pattern left by something striking a surface.
  • sprinkle verb To scatter small drops or particles of something over a surface.

Senses

salpicar is used for these senses in English:

  • dapple To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.
  • dash (ambitransitive, sometimes, figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
  • drizzle (cooking, transitive) To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking.
  • spatter (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
  • spatter (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
  • splatter (intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
  • sprinkle (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).

dapple — full definition

  1. noun A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
  2. noun An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.

dash — full definition

  1. verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  2. verb To destroy or ruin something, especially hopes or plans.
  3. noun A short horizontal line used in punctuation, or a small added amount of something.

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